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Tajikistan
Index
Like the CPSU branches elsewhere in the Soviet Union, the Communist
Party of Tajikistan suffered waves of purges directed by the central
government in Moscow between 1927 and 1934. Conditions particular to
Tajikistan were used to provide additional justification for the
crackdown. Many Tajik communists were highly critical of the ferocity with
which the collectivization of agriculture was implemented, and central
party authorities were dissatisfied with the local communists' advocacy of
the republic's interests, including attempts to gain more autonomy and
shield local intellectuals. About 70 percent of the party membership in
Tajikistan--nearly 10,000 people at all levels of the organization--was
expelled between 1933 and 1935. Between 1932 and 1937, the proportion of
Tajiks in the republic's party membership dropped from 53 to 45 percent as
the purges escalated. Many of those expelled from party and state offices
were replaced by Russians sent in by the central government. Another round
of purges took place in 1937 and 1938, during the Great Terror
orchestrated by Joseph V. Stalin. Subsequently Russians dominated party
positions at all levels, including the top position of first secretary.
Whatever their nationality, party officials representing Tajikistan,
unlike those from some other Soviet republics, had little influence in
nationwide politics throughout the existence of the Soviet Union.
Data as of March 1996
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